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Variety Gets Interview with Mysterious Gary Sanchez (Not Adam McKay or Will Ferrell) of “Gary Sanchez Productions”

May 30, 2016
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Apparently, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay “didn’t” just make him up from a random name on Will’s phone.

You can think of Gary Sanchez Productions as the sibling company to Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Funny or Die that takes on more the feature film side of things in contrast to FoD’s digital and TV angle.

The namesake of the company has been shrouded in secrecy for years as the production company’s landing page says: 

Gary Sanchez Productions is a film production company spearheaded by Paraguayan entrepreneur and financier Gary Sanchez. Also Americans Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Chris Henchy. Please see films so Mr. Sanchez can continue to live like king in poor, unequal country.Add Gary as a friend on Facebook!Please note: All inquiries regarding Rottweiler puppies should be directed to Mr. Sanchez’s home phone number. If you do not already have Mr. Sanchez’s home phone number, you will not be considered for the next litter. Mr. Sanchez is no longer accepting new clients.

There has even been an explanation from McKay about Sanchez just being a name and nothing more on WTF with Marc Maron.

For the first time ever, and “incidentally” on the 10th anniversary of Gary Sanchez Productions, Variety got a brief, but exclusive interview with the reclusive financier.

Such gems from the conversation include: 

Variety: What has been your proudest accomplishment in your time here?
Gary Sanchez: One time I fought a man from the hills of Paraguay named Bako who was large and fearless. He had killed jaguars with a stick many times. I broke his neck while his whole village watched and cried.Oh wait, you mean my proudest accomplishment in regards to the company? That would be “Daddy’s Home,” “Eastbound and Down,” “Drunk History” and “Step Brothers.” I also think “Welcome to Me” is a gem.

Read the rest here.

Will Ferrell To Produce and Star in Underground Gambling Comedy “The House”

February 26, 2015
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(via The Laugh Button)

In any other hands, the premise of having to raise money for a daughter’s college fund might go over-the-top in a way that’s been overplayed over the last several years.

However, Will Ferrell returning to a sort of Old School vibe in such a movie, with a starring role no less, might be worth keeping tabs on. 

So, we’ll just wait and see what a trailer for what will be called The House soon enough after their shoot this Summer and we can only they don’t play all the funniest bits in said trailer.

Sony Pictures Animation Full Length Feature Adaptation of ‘Manimal’ Could Be The Next 21 Jump Street

July 22, 2014
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(via Deadline)

A short lived 80’s TV series known as Manimal following a man who could morph into different animals and fight crime has been in development to be adapted into a movie by Sony Pictures Animation for some time now. Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez, and Jimmy Miller’s Mosaic have now hopped onto the project and it will hopefully have more traction in the next year or so.

In fact, Jay Martel and Ian Roberts, whose work you’re probably well acquainted with on Key & Peele, are set to write the script and this has so many elements to be every bit the fun meta comedy romp that 21 and 22 Jump Street has been.

NBC Orders 3 Female Led Comedies ‘One Big Happy,’ ‘Mission Control,’ ‘Bad Judge’

May 10, 2014
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NBC Orders 3 Female Led Comedies ‘One Big Happy,’ ‘Mission Control,’ ‘Bad Judge’

Now that space is cleared out after so many shows got the chop this week, NBC has ordered 3 comedy series, all led by women. Liz Meriwether’s comedy One Big Happy focused on a lesbian starting a family, Gary Sanchez Productions’ 60’s space program workplace comedy Mission Control starring Krysten Ritter, and Bad Judge starring Kate Walsh as an edgy judge all got series orders yesterday. 

We do miss Community dearly, but we are excited to see what comes from this new crop.

Gary Sanchez Productions Launches Women-Focused Gloria Sanchez Productions

February 13, 2014
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Gary Sanchez Productions Launches Women-Focused Gloria Sanchez Productions

Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy’s Gary Sanchez Productions has just launched Gloria Sanchez Productions that will be keyed in on making female centric film and television.
There are plenty of directions that this could go in, many of which could be not unlike what Amy Poehler’s been doing recently with Broad City and her overall deal at NBC. We’re curious to see if this might possibly mean that Gary Sanchez could lean more towards testosterone fueled projects as a result. 

NBC Orders Comedy Pilots From Gary Sanchez Prods and Dan Mazer

January 16, 2014
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NBC Orders Comedy Pilots From Gary Sanchez Prods and Dan Mazer

NBC latest addition to their development slate this pilot season is Mission Control from Will Ferrell & Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions that’s something like an Anchorman set at NASA and Love is Relative from Borat’s Dan Mazer.

There’s lots of interesting stuff that we’d like to some series from.

Jason Sudeikis Added to Gary Sanchez Productions Version of a Romantic Comedy, “Sleeping With Other People”

September 10, 2013
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Jason Sudeikis Added to Gary Sanchez Productions Version of a Romantic Comedy, “Sleeping With Other People”

Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s production company Gary Sanchez is filling out their cast with Jason Sudeikis and the already cast Kirsten Dunst for one of their latest feature projects “Sleeping With Other People”, which based off the premise, would be the way that Ferrell and McKay would make a romantic comedy.

Keep an eye out for this one as it might just turn out to be a nice indie rom com.

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